Safety-razor.



No. 890,350. PATENTED UNE 9, 1908. w R. FOWLER.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. FOWLER, OFBALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune'Q, 1908.

Application filed January 4;, 1908. Serial No. 409,248.

'To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. FOWLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at' most remote from the handle.

The invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which, F1 ure 1 is a frontview of the razor showing t e blade in position. Fig. 2 shows a reverse or back view of the razor. Fig. 3 shows a front view of all parts of the razor except the blade. Fig. 4 is a viewof the blade. Fi 5 is a view showing one edge of the bod o the razor with the blade in osi tion. g. 6 is a pers ective front view 0 the bod of the razor-tile blade being omitted.

T e body part of the razor comprises the seat, 1, for the blade, the safety comb-guard, 2, and the handle, 3. These arts are all made of one piece of sheet-meta plate.

The blade-seat, 1, has an inclined position relative to that portion, 3, of the plate that serves as the handle; this relative position of the parts named is shown plainly in Figs. 5 and 6 and affords a great convenience in shaving, due to the fact that when the handle is grasped by the hand the blade will be presented to the face at about'the rope]: angle. To facilitate grasping the ham e ahole, 4, therein is provided; .the ball of the'thumb of the persons hand may be ressed into this hole on either side,whi-le the orefinger presses against the opposite side of the handle.

The seat is provided at some or all of its corners, as maybe. preferred, with lugs, 5, which project above the plane of the seat and serve as stops which retain the blade, 6, from shifting.

The blade is preferably rectangular in shape and may be made of ribbon steel, that is, a strip of thin sheet steel that is tempered to serve as a razor and from which-the lades are cut.

A blade-fastener comprises a clamp or hook, 7, mounted on a lever, 8, at the back of the seat and pivoted by a pin, 9. The clamp hook, 7, curves about the end of the seat to the front surface thereof, and at the front takes over the blade, 6. The opposite end of the seat'has a stationary hook, 10, under which one end of the blade, .6,"is inserted.-

After one end of the blade has been thus inserted the lever, 8, may be turned to bring the movable clamp hook, 7, over the other end of the blade, and thereby the blade will be held securely in position on its seat.

When the lever, 8, is turned to the holding 1 position its long end encounters a-raised 'lug,' 16, on the back of the seat, 1 the lever is SlIf ficiently elastic to enable its long end to ride thelever will over said lug, 16, and thereby be held from return movement.

The comb guard has a special construction consisting of a series of parallel bars, 11, and alternating slots, 12; it will be observed the bars have no free or projecting ends similar to the teeth of a comb, but said endless bars are'integral with the blade seat, 1, and all the bars ofthe series have a bend, 13. The bent bars unite the blade seat, 1, with the handle, 3. In the present instance an offset, 14, is formed in the plate betweenth l1, and the handle. It is this construction which gives the blade seat the inclined position relative to the handle, already referred to.

The cutting edge, 15, of the blade is near est the handle and overlaps but does not rest upon that part of all the guard-bars, 11, adjacent the seat, 1, the said cutting edge is entirely free from contact with'said bars. The bend, 13, of the bars projects or is prominent a short distance in front of the cutting edge,

15. This bend in the guard-bars, in the operation of. shaving, bears against the part of the face to be shaved, and constitutes the safety feature of the razor.

It is obvious the blades may be ground'on bothlongedges, and thereby either edge may be used. I

Having thus described my invention What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s,

1. A safety razor having a body part comprlsing a blade-seat provided at one end with a stationary hook, a handle, and a safety guard consisting of aseries of arallel endless bars all having a bend and said bars connect mg between the blade-seat and handle; a lever pivoted at the back of the seat and carrymg a clamp-hook which curves to the front e endless bars,

.of the seat-erld opposite said stationary hook, curved bend adjoining the handle; the sec and a blade held to its position on the seat by 0nd piece comprising a razor-blade secured the stationary hook and the clamp-hook on on said seat with the cutting-edge of the 15 the lever. blade nearest to the said handle; and the 2'. A safety razor consisting of three pieces, third piece comprising a lever. the'first piece comprising a straight flat han-' In testimony whereof I affix my signature dle, a blade-seat whicth hasf an inglinecil posi- I in presence of two witnesses. tion at an ang e of a out ort Ve egrees with respect to said handle, arid said blade- WILLIAM R- seat and handle directly connected by a par- Witnesses: allel-bar safety-guard having a curved bend, FELIX R. SULLIVAN, 13, adjoining the said seat and a reversely- G.- FERDINAND Voer. 

